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Ricky Ponting

257off 458 balls

v IndiaMelbourne2003

Double centuryvs India

Ricky Ponting made 257 off 458 balls against India at Melbourne in 2003. Australia won the match.

Was it a ton of consequence?

Yes: rescued the innings. His side trailed by 366 when his innings began. He made 46% of the team's 558. The match was won by 9 wickets. How a ToC is decided

Sources: Wikipedia: List of international cricket centuries by Ricky Ponting · Wikipedia: Indian cricket team in Australia in 2003–04 · Wikipedia: Indian cricket team in Australia in 2003–04

Medium confidence. We rely on match reports. We don't have the score when the batter came in, so the call rests on the result, the innings and the series.

How the score is builtscore · points

Match Impact30% weight+20.769

Clutchness22% weight+15.671

Narrative18% weight+12.670

Conditions & Opposition14% weight+9.266

Historical Weight10% weight+6.161

Perceived Greatness6% weight+4.473

Greatness score on your weighting68.6

Your weighting

Match impact30Clutchness22Narrative18Conditions14History10Greatness6

Match Impact30%Did it decide the course of the game?
Clutchness22%The weight of pressure in the moment
Narrative18%The story surrounding the innings
Conditions & Opposition14%What and who they were up against
Historical Weight10%How time and experts have judged it
Perceived Greatness6%The consensus of those who watched

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How divisive is it?

Universally great, 1. Almost everyone agrees. This innings transcends the debate. Across five points of view it scores between 67.7 and 68.5.

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